Blake Bennions running

It felt good to be back running again, training for senior year. Its weird to think its that close to being over, high school goes by fast. No aches or pains, and I feel good and strong. I'm ready for this summer of aerobic preperation, and I am very excited to return to the gully and get into the highly exclusive sub 40-minute gully time trial club. Only 3 current members that I know of. I am considering running a time trial in the gully next friday to see where I am right now, I need to run below 40:00 on the first day of practice, June 23rd or so. I have a lot of confidence in my ability to do that. I am going to prove to myself that I can run cross country well, I would love to finish top 20 at state in cross country, maybe even 2nd team all state if the season goes very well. I know I can be great this season, but I need to forge a new mentality. This summer will be very important, I need to learn how to race the 5k well.

I barely had time for a run between study hall and the track banquet. I got home, had a cup of water and then did a nice 6 miles, it was a little tough on the 4th mile, but I am feeling really good for the 2nd day back. I have tried to assemble a group of guys to come run the gully with me tomorrow, so far I have one and two undecided haha. But I will turn that into a nice 7 miles tomorrow, and maybe 8 on saturday. I was very suprised at the track banquet, I was just expecting a letter, I hadn't expected I would recieve such a high honor, but I was awarded a lot more! I was very lucky to recieve the Most Inspirational Athlete Award, I am grateful to my coaches and team, especially Coach Murphy! I am really looking forward to one more year of having the blessing of being coached by him, I know I will do amazing things!

First Gully long run of this summer, I ran with Jacob and Ashton, it was a good run but it was tough. But it was an important run, tomorrow I am going to do an 8 mile run. I will probably stay around the city. It was a very interesting year, and a very good year for my development. I had a lot of highs and lows, and I learned a lot and grew from them both. Our team needs me to be a good leader and a high placer at all the meets, we need to work together and become a lot closer. My goal is for our team to win region, and for us to place higher than we have while I've been at Alta. I also want to finish in the top 5 at region and top 20 at state. If the season goes very well, I want to recieve 2nd team all-state honors

Great run! I felt really good the entire time, I am already back in good shape. I ran around the neighborhood and city, it was very nice. I ran in the evening/night because I was busy during the day, Junior year is all but finished. One day left, I'm not sure how long I will run on monday (I'm thinking maybe 9), I will do another good aerobic run. I felt so good today!